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  Chapter 4: Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at His Death


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  Chapter 7: Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune


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  Chapter 20: Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?


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  Chapter 5: Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed


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  Chapter 15: Putting Nutritional Biochemistry into Practice: How to Find the Right Eating Pattern for You


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  31. The Battle of France, III: Disaster in Flanders and the Surrender of Belgium May 16-June 4, 1940


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  Chapter Twelve: Return to Vienna. Anschluss. The End of Austria. A Breakthrough in Broadcasting the News, 1937 - 1938


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  Chapter Fifteen: War! The Conquest of Poland, Sitzkrieg in the West. The Overrunning of Denmark and Norway, 1939–1940


# ZLOCALBOOK

ZBOOKID: 00f034b5-7075-4dec-9046-4efa656203e5
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2020-07-09
ZTITLE: Fatal Risk
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><b>Long-listed for the </b><b><i>FT </i></b><b>&amp; Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011.&nbsp;</b></p> <p><b>The true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of AIG&nbsp;</b></p> <p>From the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been well covered. However, the story central to the crisis - that of AIG - has until now remained largely untold. <i>Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide</i> tells the inside story of what really went on inside AIG that caused it to choke on risk and nearly bring down the entire economic system. The book:</p> <ul><li>Reveals inside information available nowhere else, including the personal notes and records of key players such as the former Chairman of AIG, Hank Greenberg</li><li>Takes listeners behind the scenes at the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York</li><li>Details how an understanding of risk built AIG, but a disdain for government regulators led to a run-in with New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer</li></ul> <p><i>Fatal Risk</i> is the comprehensive and compelling true story of the company at the center of the financial storm and how it nearly caused the entire economic system to collapse.</p>


ZBOOKID: f8de9707-0c85-4457-ab26-4c7c47613d81
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2026-03-31
ZTITLE: The Infinity Machine
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/f8de9707-0c85-4457-ab26-4c7c47613d81/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <b>From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company</b><br /><br />Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called geniuses, Demis Hassabis is a special case. Born poor in North London to immigrant parents, a chess prodigy by age five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven figure offer before turning 18 to feed his insatiable scientific curiosity at Cambridge. Later, he added a neuroscience PhD to his computer science skills to pursue the dream of artificial general intelligence, the ultimate goal being to unravel the mysteries of biology and theoretical physics and to usher in super-abundance. Alongside a small group of fellow travelers, that is the path he is still on, leading the AI research at Google, winning a Nobel Prize along the way, and imagining machines that will compound, or possibly supplant, the human understanding of the universe.<br /><br />Hassabis has given Sebastian Mallaby a great deal of his time, sitting for over thirty hours of conversation. But Mallaby has also drawn from Hassabis's detractors, such as his estranged cofounder Mustafa Suleyman; from his rivals, such as OpenAI's leading scientist Ilya Sutskever; and from academic pioneers who now fear for human survival, such as Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton. The result is a revelatory account of a singular figure and his company and a profound reckoning with this protean field as it leaps from the periphery to the center of our consciousness.<br /><br />No one questions Hassabis’s brilliance. There are those who, like Elon Musk, have at times regarded him as an &quot;evil genius.&quot; He is in a game where the stakes are matched only by the exorbitant costs — for talent, and for compute. Celebrated scientists pursue the technology because they cannot resist the sweetness of discovery. Others pursue it for money or power. The inventors believe they control their technology, but often, the technology controls them.<br /><br />Despite Hassabis’s pivotal role inside Google’s engine room, this is not a Silicon Valley story. Hassabis deals with the Valley and takes its money, but remains outside and furiously critical of it, lambasting its leaders in conversation with Mallaby. The end of this race cannot be known, but as this great book shows us, Hassabis's quest to will a new form of cognition into the world is a defining story for our era.


ZBOOKID: bd91188e-9e9a-4e30-8683-285dce32971d
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2025-01-14
ZTITLE: Getting Things Done
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <b>The book <i>Lifehack </i>calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity."<br /><br />"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—<i>Fast Company</i></b><br /><br />Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s <i>Getting Things Done </i>has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.<br /> <br />Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of <i>Getting Things Done </i>will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.<br /><br /><b><br />* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of charts and resources from the book.</b>


ZBOOKID: a43db2a7-f284-4cb9-b8d3-92907e0f163c
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-04-21
ZTITLE: Founders at Work
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><i>Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days </i>is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.</p> <p>Where did they get the ideas that made them rich? How did they convince investors to back them? What went wrong, and how did they recover?</p> <p>Nearly all technical people have thought of one day starting or working for a startup. For them, this book is the closest you can come to being a fly on the wall at a successful start-up, to learn how it's done.</p> <p>But ultimately these interviews are required reference for anyone who wants to understand business, because start-ups are business reduced to its essence. The reason their founders become rich is that start-ups do what businesses do - create value - more intensively than almost any other part of the economy. How? What are the secrets that make successful start-ups so insanely productive? Listen to this book, and let the founders themselves tell you.</p>


ZBOOKID: 9a1726ee-d498-4adb-85a8-87c35b82a0c3
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2005-06-13
ZTITLE: The Prince
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/9a1726ee-d498-4adb-85a8-87c35b82a0c3/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  How remarkable that an Italian living in the 15th and 16th centuries should lend his name to a word still in common usage in the English language today. Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) wrote only one major work as a gift for his ruling Prince, Lorenzo de Medici. Machiavelli held office as a senior civil servant for 14 years until the downfall of the Republic in 1512. No longer officially employed to impart advice, instead Machiavelli poured out his ideas and resentment in his writings. <i>The Prince</i> has remained a prominent classic ever since; valued for its shrewd psychological insight, powerful words, and prophetic quality. And even today, it has never lost its power to shock and influence. Ian Richardson's formidable reading of this modern unabridged translation is an accessible and entertaining way in to a truly compelling world view.


ZBOOKID: 464e9161-dbc3-43d9-a69f-d3ddcc9a454e
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2018-04-24
ZTITLE: Chasing Hillary
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/464e9161-dbc3-43d9-a69f-d3ddcc9a454e/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>For nearly a decade, Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton's pursuit of the presidency. Chozick's front-row seat, initially at the <i>Wall Street Journal </i>covering Mrs. Clinton's imploding 2008 campaign, and then at the <i>New York Times</i> where she was assigned "The Hillary Beat", set off a years-long journey in which the formative years of her twenties and thirties became, both personally and professionally, intrinsically intertwined to Clinton's presidential ambitions. As Mrs. Clinton tried, and twice failed, to shatter "that highest hardest glass ceiling", Chozick was trying, with various fits and starts, to scale the highest echelons of American journalism.</p> <p>In a rollicking, hilarious, dishy narrative, Chozick takes us through the high- (and low-) lights of a wildly dramatic presidential race. But Chozick's unique vantage point and candor lift the veil from the story we thought we all knew. Here is the real story of what happened, with the kind of inside detail that constantly surprises and enlightens.</p> <p>But <i>Chasing Hillary</i> is also the unusually personal and moving story of how Chozick came to understand Clinton not as an unknowable enigma and political animal, but as a complete, complex, person, full of contradictions and forged in the crucible of political battles that had long predated Chozick's years covering her. And as Chozick gets engaged, married, buys an apartment, climbs the professional ladder, and inquires about freezing her eggs so she can have children after the 2016 campaign, she dives deeper into decisions Mrs. Clinton had made at similar points in her early career. In the process, Chozick develops an intimate understanding of what drives Clinton, how she accomplished what no woman had before, and why she ultimately failed. And the social fissures in the electorate that would drive angry voters to Donald Trump and blindside Hillary Clinton, unexpectedly bring out the tensions in Chozick's own life - between the red state she came from and the blue state she ended up in, between her desire to climb in journalism as a woman, but be treated no differently than a man.</p> <p>Mrs. Clinton's shocking defeat would mark the end of the almost imperial hold she'd had on Chozick for most of her professional life. But the results also make Chozick question everything she'd worked so hard for in the first place. Political journalism had failed. The elite world Chozick had tried for years to fit in with had been rebuffed. The less qualified, bombastic man had triumphed, as they always seemed to do, and Mrs. Clinton had retreated to the woods in Chappaqua, N.Y. finally comfortable enough to just walk, no makeup, no pants suit, showing the real person Chozick had spent years hoping to see. Illuminating, poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, <i>Chasing Hillary</i> is a campaign book like never before.</p>


ZBOOKID: 0c625c18-9ada-42e2-898c-6b5e2e10d7ca
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2018-08-14
ZTITLE: The End of History and the Last Man
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>Ever since its first publication in 1992,<i> The End of History and the Last Ma</i>n has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, <i>The End of History and the Last Man </i>is a modern classic.</p>


ZBOOKID: 23384152-8b6d-4b0f-a980-f9dfbe7f74a4
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2009-04-10
ZTITLE: House of Cards
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/23384152-8b6d-4b0f-a980-f9dfbe7f74a4/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  In March 2008, Bear Stearns, a swashbuckling 84-year-old financial institution, was forced to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for an outrageously low price in a deal brokered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who was desperately trying to prevent an impending catastrophic market crash. But mere months before, an industry-wide boom had "the Bear" clocking a record high stock price. How did a giant investment bank with $18 billion in cash on hand disappear in a mere 10 days? <p>In this tour de force, Cohan provides a minute-by-minute account of the events that brought America's second Gilded Age to an end. Filled with intimate portraits of the major players, high-end gossip, and smart financial analysis, <i>House of Cards</i> recounts in delicious narrative form the dramatic events behind the fall of Bear Stearns and what it revealed about the financial world's progression from irrational boom to cataclysmic bust. <i>House of Cards</i> is the Rosetta Stone for understanding the dramatic and the unprecedented events that have reshaped Wall Street and global finance in the past two years.</p>


ZBOOKID: b342fa93-d8bb-4746-91c6-c8e29f6bee76
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2011-07-28
ZTITLE: Good Calories, Bad Calories
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/b342fa93-d8bb-4746-91c6-c8e29f6bee76/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.</p>


ZBOOKID: 4068a16a-5d90-4e96-a7a0-0a46337bdafb
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2008-05-09
ZTITLE: A Splendid Exchange
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/4068a16a-5d90-4e96-a7a0-0a46337bdafb/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another". But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world? <p>In <i>A Splendid Exchange</i>, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today. He transports listeners from ancient sailing ships that brought the silk trade from China to Rome in the second century to the rise and fall of the Portuguese monopoly in spices in the 16th; from the rush for sugar that brought the British to Jamaica in 1655 to the American trade battles of the early 20th century; from key innovations such as steam, steel, and refrigeration to the modern era of televisions from Taiwan, lettuce from Mexico, and T-shirts from China.</p> <p>Along the way, Bernstein examines how our age-old dependency on trade has contributed to our planet's agricultural bounty, stimulated intellectual progress, and made us both prosperous and vulnerable. Although the impulse to trade often takes a backseat to xenophobia and war, Bernstein concludes that trade is ultimately a force for good among nations, and he argues that societies are far more successful and stable when they are involved in vigorous trade with their neighbors.</p> <p>Lively, authoritative, and astonishing in scope, <i>A Splendid Exchange</i> is a riveting narrative that views trade and globalization not in political terms, but rather as an evolutionary process as old as war and religion - a historical constant - that will continue to foster the growth of intellectual capital, shrink the world, and propel the trajectory of the human species.</p>


ZBOOKID: b1720963-0bb9-4926-8136-f908d86a9475
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2025-10-14
ZTITLE: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/b1720963-0bb9-4926-8136-f908d86a9475/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><b>The #1 </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> bestselling account of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. Hear the original story that was turned into an Oscar-winning film directly from the author, Michael Lewis, for the very first time.</b></p> <p>When the crash of the U.S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash had taken place silently over the previous year, in obscure financial markets where the SEC doesn’t bother to look: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was actually happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.</p> <p>Newly narrated by the author himself, Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller <i>Liar's Poker</i>. In <i>The Big Short,</i> he asks: Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this handful of unlikely―really unlikely―heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.</p>


ZBOOKID: 41b98aeb-b2e8-47dd-8501-0ab816d8b2e0
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2010-03-15
ZTITLE: The Big Short
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><b>Featuring an exclusive audio interview with Michael Lewis</b></p> <p>When the crash of the U.S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real-estate derivative markets, where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.</p> <p>The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real-estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages?</p> <p>Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his number-one best-selling <i>Liar’s Poker</i>. "Who got it right?" he asks. Who saw the ever-rising real-estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles?</p> <p>Out of this handful of unlikely—really unlikely—heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier best sellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.</p>


ZBOOKID: c9967441-90be-4efa-8663-7108612d9de5
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-04-27
ZTITLE: The Origin of Capitalism
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><b>How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe?</b></p> <p>In <i>The Origin of Capitalism</i>, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.</p>


ZBOOKID: 397aad74-e82d-4ad8-9b13-81d64d6d7960
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2011-02-01
ZTITLE: The Money Culture
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/397aad74-e82d-4ad8-9b13-81d64d6d7960/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of ’29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade. </p> <p>In these trenchant, often hilarious true tales, we meet the colorful movers and shakers (or did they call themselves Big Swinging Dicks?) who commanded the headlines and rewrote the rules. Whether he is analyzing the unsavory details of the RJR Nabisco takeover or flaying American Express, Michael Lewis brings to task a wicked pen and a triumphant sense of humor. </p>


ZBOOKID: c70fc47e-c02b-413a-b7fe-4727da7f4cb8
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-01-12
ZTITLE: ADHD 2.0
ZCOVERURL: https://audiobooks.phillip.io/api/items/c70fc47e-c02b-413a-b7fe-4727da7f4cb8/cover
ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <b>A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help readers thrive, by the bestselling authors of the seminal books<i> Driven to Distraction</i> and <i>Delivered from Distraction</i></b><br /><br /><b>“An inspired road map for living with a distractible brain . . . If you or your child suffer from ADHD, this book should be on your shelf. It will give you courage and hope.”—Michael Thompson, Ph.D., <i>New York Times </i>bestselling co-author of <i>Raising Cain</i></b><br /><br />World-renowned authors Dr. Edward M. Hallowell and Dr. John J. Ratey literally “wrote the book” on ADD/ADHD more than two decades ago. Their bestseller, <i>Driven to Distraction</i>, largely introduced this diagnosis to the public and sold more than a million copies along the way.<br /><br />Now, most people have heard of ADHD and know someone who may have it. But lost in the discussion of both childhood and adult diagnosis of ADHD is the potential upside: Many hugely successful entrepreneurs and highly creative people attribute their achievements to ADHD. Also unknown to most are the recent research developments, including innovations that give a clearer understanding of the ADHD brain in action. In <i>ADHD 2.0</i>, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey, both of whom have this “variable attention trait,” draw on the latest science to provide both parents and adults with ADHD a plan for minimizing the downside and maximizing the benefits of ADHD at any age. They offer an arsenal of new strategies and lifestyle hacks for thriving with ADHD, including<br /><br />• <b>Find the <i>right</i> kind of difficult.</b> Use these behavior assessments to discover the work, activity, or creative outlet best suited to an individual’s unique strengths.<br />• <b>Reimagine environment.</b> What specific elements to look for—at home, at school, or in the workplace—to enhance the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit inherent in the ADHD mind.<br /><b>• Embrace innate neurological tendencies.</b> Take advantage of new findings about the brain’s default mode network and cerebellum, which confer major benefits for people with ADHD.<br /><b>• Tap into the healing power of connection.</b> Tips for establishing and maintaining positive connection “the other Vitamind C” and the best antidote to the negativity that plagues so many people with ADHD.<br /><b>• Consider medication. </b>Gets the facts about the underlying chemistry, side effects, and proven benefits of all the pharmaceutical options. <br /><br />As inspiring as it is practical, <i>ADHD 2.0</i> will help you tap into the power of this mercurial condition and find the key that unlocks potential.<br /><br /><b>*This audiobook includes a PDF of charts and appendices from the book.</b>


ZBOOKID: 5ccf1eda-ad62-45fc-b16d-37b275835354
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2025-07-31
ZTITLE: The Adult ADHD Blueprint for Decluttering, Cleaning and Organizing
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  <p>What if your home finally felt like a place to breathe?</p> <p>• No more overwhelm the second you open the door.</p> <p>• No more shame when someone drops by.</p> <p>• No more starting and stopping a new routine, only to end up right back in the same mess.</p> <p>Just ease. Flow. And a quiet kind of pride you haven't felt in a long time.</p> <p>If you live with ADHD, you already know the usual organizing solutions don’t work.</p> <p>You’ve tried the bins, the color-coded systems, the viral home organization tips—maybe even a few ADHD cleaning books—only to watch it all unravel.</p> <p>What you haven’t had—until now—is an ADHD decluttering, cleaning and organizing toolkit that flexes with your energy, understands your brain, and finally lets you take control of your space.</p> <p>This isn’t about becoming someone new.</p> <p>It’s about feeling at home in the life you already have.</p> <p>Picture this:</p> <p>• You walk into your space and it actually feels manageable.</p> <p>• You know where things go—and why they go there.</p> <p>• You're not chasing perfection. You’re living in function.</p> <p>• You don’t dread clutter, because now you have ADHD-friendly reset rituals that work.</p> <p>This is what happens when organization solutions for ADHD meet real life.</p> <p>And it doesn’t take months.</p> <p>With Amy Harper’s lived experience and guidance, you’ll start seeing real, tangible change in just 7 days—through a doable, momentum-building challenge designed to get you unstuck, fast.</p> <p>For the first time in forever, you're not starting over. You're moving forward.</p> <p>You’ve tried changing the system to fit your home.</p> <p>Now it’s time to change your home to fit you and create a space that reflects your life, not your limitations.</p> <p><b>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.</b></p>


ZBOOKID: 56293644-928a-4c93-aa17-a829cdea13ee
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2023-10-09
ZTITLE: Men with Adult ADHD
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>If ADHD is interfering with your ability to concentrate and take care of day-to-day tasks, then the strategies in this audiobook are for you.</p> <p>Whether you’re already diagnosed or suspect you have ADHD, understanding its impact is crucial to your health and happiness.</p> <p>Learning how to work with your ADHD makes everyday life so much easier, and it’s possible to harness your symptoms effectively.</p> <p>You can gain control over your ADHD to become more focused and productive when you discover the practical strategies to live mindfully with this audiobook.</p> <p>It’s possible to understand exactly how your mind works to optimize your life so they don’t take over.</p> <p>All it takes is knowing how your ADHD symptoms affect you to turn them into your superpower.</p> <p>Inside this audiobook, you will discover:</p> <ul> <li>How to reduce the impact of your ADHD symptoms in daily life by discovering how to manage them effectively, improving your ability to get stuff done with better concentration</li> <li>The ways ADHD affects the brain and the ability to complete tasks and regulate emotions, giving you the knowledge of how your mind works and how to work with it</li> <li>Helpful perspectives, effective practices, and positive mindset techniques to overcome self-doubt and frustration and bust myths and misconceptions about ADHD that prevent you from growing and improving</li> </ul> <p>Practical strategies to boost organizational skills and memory, manage emotions, and handle stress to finally accept yourself and improve your relationships with work, loved ones, and daily life…plus the tips and real-life examples to apply these practices to your everyday experiences!You can get a handle on your symptoms to finally take back control of your relationships and daily life.</p> <p>Discover how your mind works—and what to do about it—with the helpful teachings in this audiobook!</p>


ZBOOKID: 5c290f1e-1faf-4beb-83dd-fe2052d00b0c
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2015-10-22
ZTITLE: Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition
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  <p>From distinguished researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this treasured parent resource gives you the science-based information you need about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment. It also presents a proven eight-step behavior management plan specifically designed for six- to 18-year-olds with ADHD. </p> <p>Offering encouragement, guidance, and loads of practical tips, Dr. Barkley helps you: </p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Make sense of your child's symptoms </li> <li>Get an accurate diagnosis </li> <li>Work with school and health-care professionals to get needed support </li> <li>Learn parenting techniques that promote better behavior </li> <li>Strengthen your child's academic and social skills </li> <li>Use rewards and incentives effectively </li> <li>Restore harmony at home </li> </ul> <p></p> <p>Updated throughout with current research and resources, this guide includes the latest facts about medications and about what causes (and doesn't cause) ADHD. </p> <p>Additional supporting documents for this title are available for download after purchase. See also Dr. Barkley's best-selling <i>Taking Charge of Adult ADHD</i>. </p>


ZBOOKID: 38c6deee-1b45-4598-b29b-0527a11987dc
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2018-03-06
ZTITLE: Getting Ahead of ADHD
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science of epigenetics - how genes and the environment interact.</p> <p>Distinguishing unsupported, even dangerous, approaches from bona fide breakthroughs, Dr. Nigg describes specific lifestyle changes that have been proven to support the developing brain. Vivid stories illustrate ways to maximize the positive effects of healthy nutrition, exercise, and sleep, and minimize the damage from stress and other known risk factors.</p> <p>The book will help you figure out which options hold the most promise for improving your child's symptoms and overall well-being - and gives you step-by-step suggestions for integrating them into daily life.</p>


ZBOOKID: 938543ac-b9e2-4c9a-a4d7-874260f0c614
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2024-10-15
ZTITLE: Thriving with Adult ADHD
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  <p>Proven strategies for strengthening executive functioning skills and overcoming adult ADHD symptoms</p> <p>Executive functioning skills—including focus, organization, stress management, and more―are critical to succeeding in all aspects of your life. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD or you’ve lived with it your entire life, you know that developing these skills can be a challenge. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of information, assessments, and evidence-based exercises to help you build this mental skill set and take control of your ADHD.</p> <p>Make real, sustainable changes with practical guidance and activities for sharpening your memory and attention, learning to plan and organize, strengthening your mental flexibility, enhancing your emotional regulation, improving your impulse control, and living your best life.</p> <p>This adult ADHD book includes:</p> <p>Executive functioning overview—Learn what executive functioning is, how it relates to ADHD, and how these exercises can help you develop it.</p> <p>Solutions for all settings—Discover actionable advice for managing ADHD symptoms at home, at work, and in relationships.</p> <p>Self-assessments—Identify your personal strengths and weaknesses with quick self-evaluations.</p> <p>Don’t let ADHD symptoms hold you back. Gain the skills you need to achieve your goals with help from Thriving with Adult ADHD.</p> <p><b>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.</b></p>


ZBOOKID: b9e94658-ae83-4074-bdcb-6b69ee388036
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2011-08-09
ZTITLE: 1493
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  <p>From the author of <i>1491</i> - the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas - a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. </p> <p>More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals. When Christopher Columbus set foot in the Americas, he ended that separation at a stroke. Driven by the economic goal of establishing trade with China, he accidentally set off an ecological convulsion as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans. The Columbian Exchange, as researchers call it, is the reason there are tomatoes in Italy, oranges in Florida, chocolates in Switzerland, and chili peppers in Thailand. More important, creatures the colonists knew nothing about hitched along for the ride. Earthworms, mosquitoes, and cockroaches; honeybees, dandelions, and African grasses; bacteria, fungi, and viruses; rats of every description - all of them rushed like eager tourists into lands that had never seen their like before, changing lives and landscapes across the planet. </p> <p>Eight decades after Columbus, a Spaniard named Legazpi succeeded where Columbus had failed. He sailed west to establish continual trade with China, then the richest, most powerful country in the world. In Manila, a city Legazpi founded, silver from the Americas, mined by African and Indian slaves, was sold to Asians in return for silk for Europeans. It was the first time that goods and people from every corner of the globe were connected in a single worldwide exchange. Much as Columbus created a new world biologically, Legazpi and the Spanish empire he served created a new world economically.</p> <p>As Charles C. Mann shows, the Columbian Exchange underlies much of subsequent human history. Presenting the latest research by ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City - where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted - the center of the world. In such encounters, he uncovers the germ of today’s fiercest political disputes, from immigration to trade policy to culture wars.</p> <p>In <i>1493</i>, Charles Mann gives us an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination. </p>


ZBOOKID: f1b72767-6bf8-4a98-92eb-04b6ba549255
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2016-08-29
ZTITLE: 1491
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  <p>A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. </p> <p>Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus' landing had crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago; existed mainly in small nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas were, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last 30 years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong. </p> <p>In a book that startles and persuades, Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard-of conclusions. Among them: </p> <p></p> <ul> <li>In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. </li> <li>Certain cities - such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital - were far greater in population than any contemporary European city. Furthermore, Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets. </li> <li>The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids. </li> <li>Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process so sophisticated that the journal <i>Science</i> recently described it as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering". </li> <li>Amazonian Indians learned how to farm the rain forest without destroying it - a process scientists are studying today in the hope of regaining this lost knowledge. </li> <li>Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. </li> </ul> <p></p> <p>Mann sheds clarifying light on the methods used to arrive at these new visions of the pre-Columbian Americas and how they have affected our understanding of our history and our thinking about the environment. His book is an exciting and learned account of scientific inquiry and revelation. </p>


ZBOOKID: 47d7bbba-9209-46ba-aea3-3612655333b8
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2023-03-28
ZTITLE: Outlive
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  <p><b>#1 </b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i></b><b>BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert</b></p> <p><b>“One of the most important books you’ll ever read.”—Steven D. Levitt, </b><b><i>New York Times </i></b><b>bestselling author of </b><b><i>Freakonomics</i></b><br /> <br /> Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health.<br /> <br /> For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting.<br /> <br /> This is not “biohacking,” it’s science: a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Dr. Attia’s aim is less to tell you <i>what to do</i> and more to help you learn <i>how to think</i> about long-term health, in order to create the best plan for you as an individual. In <i>Outlive</i>, listeners will discover:<br /> <br /> • Why the cholesterol test at your annual physical doesn’t tell you enough about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.<br /> • That you may already suffer from an extremely common yet underdiagnosed liver condition that could be a precursor to the chronic diseases of aging.<br /> • Why exercise is the most potent pro-longevity “drug”—and how to begin training for the “Centenarian Decathlon.”<br /> • Why you should forget about diets, and focus instead on <i>nutritional biochemistry, </i>using technology and data to personalize your eating pattern.<br /> • Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all.<br /> <br /> Aging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade better than the one before.</p> <p><b>*Includes a downloadable PDF of charts, graphs, and illustrations from the book, along with other valuable resources</b></p> <p><b>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.</b></p>


ZBOOKID: 40a85f57-57ca-44ff-8c96-11b71d674d68
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2004-09-08
ZTITLE: Where the Right Went Wrong
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  American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower, with no potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs, and our culture penetrates every nook and cranny of the global village. Yet our beloved America is now reviled abroad, dictated to by arrogant judges at home, overrun by special interests, and buried beneath a mountain of debt. <p> <i>Where the Right Went Wrong</i> chronicles how the Bush administration and Beltway conservatives have abandoned their principles, and how a tiny cabal hijacked U.S. foreign policy and may have ignited a "war of civilizations" with the Islamic world that will leave America mired down in Middle East wars for years to come.</p> <p> At the same time, these Republicans have sacrificed the American worker on the altar of free trade and discarded the beliefs of Taft, Goldwater, and Reagan to become a party of big government that sells its soul to the highest bidder.</p>


ZBOOKID: 8e78b71f-de34-4feb-be4f-1d64162a5713
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2017-05-09
ZTITLE: Nixon's White House Wars
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  <p>From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan - speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon - tells the untold story of Nixon's embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating defeats.</p> <p>In his inaugural address, Nixon held out a hand in friendship to Republicans and Democrats alike. But by the fall of 1969, massive demonstrations in Washington and around the country had been mounted to break his presidency.</p> <p>In a brilliant appeal to what he called the "Great Silent Majority", Nixon sent his enemies reeling. Vice President Agnew followed by attacking the blatant bias of the media in a fiery speech authored and advocated by Buchanan. And by 1970, Nixon's approval rating soared to 68 percent, and he was labeled "The Most Admired Man in America".</p> <p>Then one by one, the crises came, from the invasion of Cambodia, to the protests that killed four students at Kent State, to race riots and court ordered school busing.</p> <p>Buchanan chronicles Nixon's historic trip to China, and describes the White House strategy that brought about Nixon's 49-state landslide victory over George McGovern in 1972.</p> <p>When the Watergate scandal broke, Buchanan urged the president to destroy the Nixon tapes before they were subpoenaed, and fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, as Nixon ultimately did in the "Saturday Night Massacre". After testifying before the Watergate Committee himself, Buchanan describes the grim scene at Camp David in August 1974, when Nixon's staff concluded he could not survive.</p> <p>In a riveting memoir from behind the scenes of the most controversial presidency of the last century, <i>Nixon's White House Wars</i> reveals both the failings and achievements of the 37th President, recorded by one of those closest to Nixon, from before his political comeback through to his final days in office.</p> <p><b>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.</b></p>


ZBOOKID: ea4563a7-c854-4d3b-bbbe-ab26d404070f
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2014-07-08
ZTITLE: The Greatest Comeback
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  <p><b>Patrick J. Buchanan, best-selling author and senior advisor to Richard Nixon, tells the definitive story of Nixon's resurrection from the political graveyard and his rise to the presidency.</b> </p> <p>After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House? </p> <p>In <i>The Greatest Comeback,</i> Patrick J. Buchanan - who, beginning in January 1966, served as one of two staff members to Nixon, and would become a senior advisor in the White House after 1968 - gives a firsthand account of those crucial years in which Nixon reversed his political fortunes during a decade marked by civil rights protests, social revolution, The Vietnam War, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King, urban riots, campus anarchy, and the rise of the New Left. Using over 1,000 of his own personal memos to Nixon, with Nixon's scribbled replies back, Buchanan gives listeners an insider's view as Nixon gathers the warring factions of the Republican party - from the conservative base of Barry Goldwater to the liberal wing of Nelson Rockefeller and George Romney, to the New Right legions of an ascendant Ronald Reagan - into the victorious coalition that won him the White House. How Richard Nixon united the party behind him may offer insights into how the Republican Party today can bring together its warring factions. </p> <p><i>The Greatest Comeback</i> is an intimate portrayal of the 37th President and a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most remarkable American political stories of the 20th century.</p>


ZBOOKID: 01788941-f938-46bb-97e4-8ad068eec2af
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2017-11-07
ZTITLE: The Science of Motivation
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  <p>The legendary college football coach and analyst, Lou Holtz once said: "When all is said and done, more is said than done." </p> <p>These few, yet extremely profound words explain one of the biggest predicaments that individuals face today. Many of us as individuals say we want to be successful, happy, and influential. Yet, very, very few of us follow up what we say - whether said to others or ourselves - with specific actions that move us directly toward those goals. The idea of being successful is an attractive dream that fills us with positive emotions. Whereas the actions required to be successful (at work, in our relationships, in sports competition, etc.) are often difficult and lengthy. The desire to be genuinely happy is a universal goal toward which nearly every individual and advanced society aspires. But, the actions required to achieve deep and sustained happiness (some call it "joy") require us to often delay temporary gratification and "quick fixes" to problems. And, saying that we want to achieve a level of influence, either as a leader of others in the workplace, an influential member of the community, or as an admired parent and spouse, is far easier than the gut wrenching decisions, enormous amounts of personal time, and direct truth-telling that are required. </p> <p>It's this gap - which can often feel as large, distant and mysterious as a black hole - between what we say we want, and what we must do to achieve it, that separates those who are able to turn their dreams into their destiny. So what do we need to bridge this gap between what we say we want, and what we must do to achieve it? We need goal-oriented motivation. What would it mean to you to learn how to develop this kind of motivation on-demand, sustain this motivation through the difficult periods of life, and instill this motivation so intricately into your daily life that you make the very idea of motivation unnecessary? All of that and more is available to you in this cutting-edge, all new program, <i>The Science of Motivation: Strategies and Techniques for Turning Dreams into Destiny</i>, from personal development expert and motivation master, Brian Tracy. Here you'll learn that the typical idea of motivation (as something that comes and goes, often out of your control; and as something akin to a balloon being filled with air from the outside in) are completely inaccurate. Motivation has been studied - as have the methods and strategies needed to replicate it. Truly, there is a science of motivation. And, like any other subject which has been studied and tested with the scientific method, if you implement the causes of motivation in your life, you will produce the effect of motivation. After cleaning away the numerous myths about motivation that most people believe, Brian will present this cutting-edge <i>Science of Motivation</i> with you. And, if you apply this science systematically in your life, your dreams will become your destiny. </p>


ZBOOKID: 9ca2f187-aadb-4460-989d-fe7d8a66e715
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-02-27
ZTITLE: Fundamentals of Software Architecture
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  <p>Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics.</p> <p>Mark Richards and Neal Ford - hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years - focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks. You’ll explore software architecture in a modern light, taking into account all the innovations of the past decade.</p> <p>This book examines:</p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Architecture patterns: the technical basis for many architectural decisions</li> <li>Components: identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity</li> <li>Soft skills: effective team management, meetings, negotiation, presentations, and more</li> <li>Modernity: engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years</li> <li>Architecture as an engineering discipline: repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture</li> </ul>


ZBOOKID: c0d0564a-e943-46b4-8d76-b73bb4a6d3c0
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2019-04-30
ZTITLE: The Collapse of the Third Republic
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia. </p> <p>Based on in-person conversation with the leaders, diplomats, generals, and ordinary citizens who both shaped the events of this time and lived through them on a daily basis, Shirer shapes a compelling account of historical events - without losing sight of the personal experience. </p> <p>From the heroic efforts of the Freedom Fighters to the tactical military misjudgments that caused the fall and the daily realities of life for French citizens under Nazi rule, this fascinating and exhaustively documented account from one of the 20th century's most important historians makes the events of the fall accessible to a younger audience in vivid and memorable style.</p>


ZBOOKID: f52bb926-5eaa-4595-af17-8c7eab68fc34
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2020-01-28
ZTITLE: The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p>The famous journalist and author of <i>The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich</i> documents his front row seat at the pivotal events leading up to World War II. </p> <p>In the second of a three-volume series, William L. Shirer tells the story of his own eventful life, detailing the most notable moments of his career as a journalist stationed in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer was there while Hitler celebrated his new domination of Germany, unleashed the Blitzkrieg on Poland, and began the conflict that would come to be known as World War II. This remarkable account tells the story of an American reporter caught in a maelstrom of war and politics, desperately trying to warn Europe and the United States about the dangers to come. </p> <p>This memoir gives listeners a chance to relive one of the most turbulent periods in 20th-century history - painting a stunningly intimate portrait of a dangerous decade.</p>


ZBOOKID: f77d3278-8732-49ad-a1c4-f2f0aeadf978
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2016-01-05
ZTITLE: Deep Work
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  <b>Millions of copies sold!<br /><br /> The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.<br /><br /> “I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling <i>The Let Them Theory</i></b><br /><br /><i>Deep Work</i>—the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—is one of the most important abilities you can cultivate in our current moment. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce quality results in less time.<br /><br /> And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep—spending their days in a frantic blur of emails, online meetings, social media, and AI slop, not realizing there’s a better way.<br /><br /> In <i>Deep Work</i>, bestselling author and professor Cal Newport makes the case for reclaiming focus as a critical skill in our digital world, providing step-by step instructions for achieving this goal, including four rules for transforming your daily habits:<br /><br /> 1. Work Deeply<br /> 2. Embrace Boredom<br /> 3. Quit Social Media<br /> 4. Drain the Shallows<br /><br /> A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, <i>Deep Work</i> offers a vitally important message: in our age of constant distraction, focus is a superpower. With inspiring examples and clear rules, <i>Deep Work</i> will teach you to introduce this ability in your own life.<br /><br /><b>“As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors … Six pages in, I powered down my laptop. Twenty pages in, I left the house to buy an alarm clock so that I wouldn’t have an excuse to sleep next to my phone.”—Molly Young, <i>The New York Times</i><br /><br /> “One of the few books I would call life-changing.” —Tim Maurer, <i>Forbes</i><br /><br /> “I’ve read lots of books about productivity and lots of books about distraction. For me, <i>Deep Work</i> is among the best, on both counts.” —Joshua Rothman, <i>The New Yorker</i><br /><br /> “[<i>Deep Work</i>] has changed how I live my life. Particularly, it’s led me to stop scheduling morning meetings, and to preserve that time for more sustained, creative work.” —Ezra Klein, <i>The Ezra Klein Show</i></b>


ZBOOKID: 60437e04-1ec9-4e94-9983-f2156894b794
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2008-09-26
ZTITLE: The Prize
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <i>The Prize</i> recounts the panoramic history of oil, and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. <p><i>The Prize</i> is as much a history of the 20th-century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of this history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.</p> <p>The cast extends from wildcrafters and rogues to oil tycoons, and from Winston Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein.</p> <p>The definitive work on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understanding our century, <i>The Prize</i> is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement--and great importance.</p>


ZBOOKID: 7d7d2131-cb7a-4437-a40f-a88b3972e35f
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2024-12-17
ZTITLE: The Prize
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  <p><b>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by </b><b><i>Business Week, </i></b><b>Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (</b><b><i>The New York Times</i></b><b>) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.</b></p> <p>First time on unabridged audio! Now with an entirely new epilogue, read by Daniel Yergin, that speaks to the enduring lessons and continued relevance of the book’s lasting themes about energy, geopolitics, and economics. <i>The Prize</i> recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important resource—oil. Daniel Yergin’s timeless book chronicles the struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades and that continues to fuel global rivalries, shake the world economy, and transform the destiny of men and nations. This updated edition categorically proves the unwavering significance of oil throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first by tracing economic and political clashes over precious “black gold.”</p> <p>With his far-reaching insight and in-depth research, Yergin is uniquely positioned to address the present battle over energy which undoubtedly ranks as one of the most vital issues of our time. The canvas of his narrative history is enormous—from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, and both the Iraq War and current climate change. The definitive work on the subject of oil, <i>The Prize</i> is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement, and great value—crucial to our understanding of world politics and the economy today—and tomorrow.</p>


ZBOOKID: f1d869bd-aae8-4be7-b451-985b22e2db30
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2017-10-09
ZTITLE: Maximum Achievement
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  <p>Brian Tracy, the world's leading authority on success and personal achievement, gives you his proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising your self-esteem and improving your life. This audiobook is based on his seminar program that has dramatically improved the income and lives of over one million graduates. It is based on proven principles drawn from psychology, religion, philosophy, business, economics, politics, history, and metaphysics. These ideas are combined in a fast-moving, informative series of steps that will lead you to greater success than you ever imagined possible. </p> <p>You'll hear about ideas, concepts, and methods used by high-achieving people in every field everywhere. Using his powerful, proven system...based on years of research and practice, you'll build self-confidence and self-esteem, set and achieve all your major goals, increase your income, and take complete control of your life as you unlock your full potential. You will become more positive, persuasive, and powerfully focused in everything you do and improve every area of your life. You'll achieve more in the next two years than many people accomplish in a lifetime. </p> <p>When you begin to practice these powerful principles in your life, you'll be happier, healthier, more fulfilled, and earning more than you may have ever thought. </p> <p>(Most of this title was previously published under <i>Personal Success Made Simple</i>.) </p>


ZBOOKID: a685583b-3e30-4d68-a31d-783a0b15f41a
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2014-05-07
ZTITLE: Achieve Any Goal
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  <p><i>Achieve Any Goal</i> will give you the tools…and the inspiration to unlock and unleash your full potential. A leader in the field of goals training, Brian Tracy has collected everything he has learned over the years into a single system that you will learn in this book. Tracy has now trained hundreds of thousands of people in these principles. His philosophy is "Anyone can do it." Step number one is to have an intense burning desire for your particular goal. If you have that, you are ready to get started. </p> <p>"What I found was that these ideas work everywhere, for everyone, in virtually every country, no matter what your education, experience, or background may be when you begin." (Brian Tracy) </p> <p>Gildan Media is proud to bring you these uplifting and life-changing inspirational books from Simple Truths, which can be used throughout every facet of your life. These audiobooks may be short in length, but their words speak volumes.</p>


ZBOOKID: 33c7ed53-7e3b-4bc3-82a6-fd80c848224a
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2009-11-03
ZTITLE: The Greatest Trade Ever
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  In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall.&nbsp; Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing.&nbsp; He had spent a career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn't sure how to do it.&nbsp; Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him and investors dismissed him.&nbsp; Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about.&nbsp; But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year's end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm--a figure that dwarfed George Soros's billion-dollar currency trade in 1992.&nbsp; Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move.&nbsp; Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn't nearly enough.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Written by the prizewinning reporter who broke the story in <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>The Greatest Trade Ever </i>is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating financial crisis--that outwitted Chuck Prince, Stanley O'Neal, Richard Fuld, and Wall Street's titans--to make financial history.


ZBOOKID: 4696094c-2778-4de5-8bbc-c8a46ab229a4
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2009-01-23
ZTITLE: In the Arena
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  <i>In the Arena</i> is the most personal, profound, and revealing memoir ever written by a major political figure. It is Richard Nixon's frankest, most outspoken book—which includes the inside story of his resignation from the Presidency and its aftermath.<br /> <br />President Nixon's previous books have brilliantly chronicled his public career and examined America's strategic role in the world. Now, for the first time, he shares his private thoughts and feelings on his long career, other great leaders at home and abroad, his own family, the state of the world, the arts of politics and diplomacy, and much more—expanding on his 1978 Memoirs and documenting his role as America's Elder Statesman.<br /> <br />It's a personal statement by one of the most important and influential figures in American history.


ZBOOKID: f14be58b-ce33-4cc2-9040-2f53b031f909
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2026-05-19
ZTITLE: Steve Jobs in Exile
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  <b>The Untold Story of Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years—and the Creation of a Legend</b><br /><br />In 1985, Steve Jobs—the brilliant, volatile founder of Apple Computer—walked out of his company's headquarters, driven from the very corporation he had created. What happened next would transform not only his life and career, but the future of technology itself.<br /><br />For twelve years, from 1985 to 1997, Jobs wandered the business wilderness with his new venture, NeXT. It was a period of spectacular failures, near-bankruptcy, and brutal humiliation. But out of this crucible of defeat emerged the visionary leader who would go on to create the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, transforming Apple into the most valuable company on earth.<br /><br />Drawing on previously unpublished materials and new interviews with the key players, Geoffrey Cain reveals the untold story of Steve Jobs's "lost decade"—the formative years that shaped the icon we thought we knew. With unprecedented access to unbroadcast footage of Jobs in NeXT meetings, private company documents, and interviews with his closest colleagues, Cain offers the definitive account of how failure transformed a brash wunderkind into a true business genius.<br /><br />This is the story of how Steve Jobs learned to lead, how he discovered the power of discipline, and how a spectacular failure became the foundation for one of the greatest comebacks in business history. It is nothing less than the missing piece in the legend of Steve Jobs.


ZBOOKID: 74669ce0-2bc3-4585-a0c1-040be16e628b
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2015-03-24
ZTITLE: Becoming Steve Jobs
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  <p>There have been many books - on a large and small scale - about Steve Jobs, one of the most famous CEOs in history. But this book is different from all the others. </p> <p><i>Becoming Steve Jobs</i> takes on and breaks down the existing myth and stereotypes about Steve Jobs. The conventional, one-dimensional view of Jobs is that he was half genius, half jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and family alike. <i>Becoming Steve Jobs </i>answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time, ultimately transforming the daily lives of billions of people? </p> <p>Drawing on incredible and sometimes exclusive access, Schlender and Tetzeli tell a different story of a real human being who wrestled with his failings and learned to maximize his strengths over time. Their rich, compelling narrative is filled with stories never told before from the people who knew Jobs best and who decided to open up to the authors, including his family, former inner circle executives, and top people at Apple, Pixar, and Disney. In addition Brent knew Jobs personally for 25 years and drew upon his many interviews with him, on and off the record, in writing the book. He and Rick humanize the man and explain, rather than simply describe, his behavior. Along the way the book provides rich context about the technology revolution we all have lived through and the ways in which Jobs changed our world. </p> <p>Schlender and Tetzeli make clear that Jobs' astounding success at Apple was far more complicated than simply picking the right products: he became more patient, he learned to trust his inner circle, and he discovered the importance of growing the company incrementally rather than only shooting for dazzling, game-changing products.</p>


ZBOOKID: 42581f31-419b-4a3c-9144-5ef20770b743
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2013-09-17
ZTITLE: Command and Control
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  A myth-shattering expos&eacute; of America’s nuclear weapons.<br /><br />Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs,&nbsp;<i>Command and Control</i>&nbsp;explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved—and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. While the harms of global warming increasingly dominate the news, the equally dangerous yet more immediate threat of nuclear weapons has been largely forgotten.<br /><br />Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller,&nbsp;<i>Command and Control&nbsp;</i>interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than 50 years. It depicts the urgent effort by American scientists, policy makers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can’t be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. At the heart of the book lies the struggle, amid the rolling hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas, to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States.<br /><br />Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with people who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons,&nbsp;<i>Command and Control&nbsp;</i>takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view. Through the details of a single accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event can become unavoidable, how small risks can have terrible consequences, and how the most brilliant minds in the nation can only provide us with an illusion of control. Audacious, gripping, and unforgettable,&nbsp;<i>Command and Control</i>&nbsp;is a tour de force of investigative journalism, an eye-opening look at the dangers of America’s nuclear age.


ZBOOKID: c9e6fe8b-d350-4f50-952f-78e5b3da36a3
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-08-14
ZTITLE: The Maxims
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  <p><i>There’s no fool like an old fool....</i></p> <p><i>The world is full of pots calling kettles black....</i></p> <p><i>We can no more set a term to our passions than to our life.</i></p> <p>These are just three of the aphorisms that made the collection of maxims by François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, an enduring influence upon succeeding generations following their initial publication in 1665. The effect continued up to the present day - his admirers have included figures as varied as Lord Chesterfield, Thomas Hardy, Nietzsche, Stendhal, Gide and in more recent times, even Dorothy Parker, herself a prolific producer of epigrams.</p> <p>Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) a well-known member of the French nobility, had a rich life with a bold military career. He proved courageous in battle, was wounded several times and nearly lost his sight. Not always finding himself on the successful side of politics, his career and standing in high circles was curtailed. However, he was also involved in literary salons and was respected as a moralist and man of letters at a time when it was fashionable to read maxims out loud at gatherings.</p> <p>A number of editions of his maxims appeared during his lifetime as he revised his choices, deleting some and adding others. In total, a little over 600 have survived, which can be confidently ascribed to La Rochefoucauld. They vary considerably in style, length and content. Many are short (as those mentioned above); but others are longer, aiming at observations or truths which go beyond the witty flourish or the acutely pointed barb. For La Rochefoucauld was a perceptive observer of humanity in all its multi-faceted guises. Often he gave little quarter to human foibles, especially in the area of (in his celebrated phrase) ‘amour-propre’, or self-love, and clearly enjoyed cataloguing a range of emotions and effects where this comes into human play.</p> <p>But this collection is much more than a basket of one-liners. He discusses aspects of death in an 800-word paragraph - a matter on which he could speak with some authority having faced it on many occasions in battle. He addresses laziness: ‘Of all our emotions, laziness is the one of which we are ourselves least aware. It is also the most intense and malignant of them all, though its violence be imperceptible and the damage it causes remain very well hidden.’ </p> <p>This recording presents a scholarly but accessible 20th-century translation by Constantine FitzGibbon, and opens with an introduction to the life and works of La Rochefoucauld, as well as his own description of himself. It closes with a brief but interesting bibliography, in which FitzGibbon brings clarity to the various editions. It is presented in a very listenable manner by David Rintoul, who gives each maxim the weight and character it deserves.</p>


ZBOOKID: afeae2a4-9c7c-4576-980b-9f81bfeb36db
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2010-11-02
ZTITLE: Sex at Dawn
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  <p><b>Earphones Award Winner (<i>AudioFile Magazine</i>) </b></p> <p>Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science - as well as religious and cultural institutions - has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer and fewer couples are getting married, and divorce rates keep climbing as adultery and flagging libido drag down even seemingly solid marriages. </p> <p>How can reality be reconciled with the accepted narrative? It can't be, according to renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha. While debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, they offer a bold alternative explanation in this provocative and brilliant book. </p> <p>Ryan and Jetha's central contention is that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and, often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality, the authors show how far from human nature monogamy really is. Human beings everywhere and in every era have confronted the same familiar, intimate situations in surprisingly different ways. The authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity. </p> <p><b>BONUS AUDIO: Includes a Preface written and read by author Christopher Ryan.</b></p>


ZBOOKID: a682d831-cb56-4d30-aec3-2a83c41e731a
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-02-05
ZTITLE: Designing Data-Intensive Applications
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  <p><b>Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.</b></p> <p>Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense of all these buzzwords?</p> <p>In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications.</p> <p>Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn how to use and operate them more effectively.</p> <p>Make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools.</p> <p>Navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity.</p> <p>Understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built.</p> <p>Peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures.</p>


ZBOOKID: fdf44944-0fd0-43bc-9bab-2d926899d99a
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-02-05
ZTITLE: Site Reliability Engineering
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ZBOOKDESCRIPTION:
  <p><b>Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.</b></p> <p>The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large scale computing systems?</p> <p>In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. You’ll learn the principles and practices that enable Google engineers to make systems more scalable, reliable, and efficient - lessons directly applicable to your organization.</p> <p>This book is divided into four sections:</p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Introduction - Learn what site reliability engineering is and why it differs from conventional IT industry practices</li> <li>Principles - Examine the patterns, behaviors, and areas of concern that influence the work of a site reliability engineer (SRE)</li> <li>Practices - Understand the theory and practice of an SRE’s day to day work: building and operating large distributed computing systems</li> <li>Management - Explore Google's best practices for training, communication, and meetings that your organization can use</li> </ul>


ZBOOKID: 11743f6d-0bed-4d57-a0c2-2d9ca3740e43
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2018-10-16
ZTITLE: Atomic Habits
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  <p><b>The number one </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> best seller. Over one million copies sold!</b></p> <p><b>Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results</b></p> <p>No matter your goals, <i>Atomic Habits</i> offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.</p> <p>If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.</p> <p>Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, listeners will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.</p> <p>Learn how to:</p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy)</li> <li>Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower</li> <li>Design your environment to make success easier</li> <li>Get back on track when you fall off course</li> <li>And much more</li> </ul> <p><i>Atomic Habits</i> will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits - whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.</p>


ZBOOKID: 8a7ccbb2-90d6-4d3b-a365-ef7e9d28f78d
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2019-02-19
ZTITLE: Etiquette Guide to Japan
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  <p>Minding your manners is an acquired skill, but what serves you well elsewhere could trip you up in Japan. Save yourself possible embarrassment with <i>Etiquette Guide to Japan</i>. An inside look at Japanese social graces, it answers all the questions of the thoughtful traveler. Extensive, specific information on Japanese business etiquette assists listeners traveling to Japan for business.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Although often overshadowed by a modern facade, long-standing traditional aspects of Japan's culture still influence the country and almost everyone in it. Concrete evidence of this traditional culture can be seen everywhere - in the ancient arts and crafts that are still important parts of everyday life, in the many shrines and temples that dot the nation, and in the modern comeback of traditional fashions such as kimono and <i>yakata </i>robes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To many Western visitors, however, the most obvious example of this traditional culture's strength is the unique etiquette of the Japanese. Like many nations, Japan has experienced vast political, social, and economic change over the past century. But enough of Japan's traditional etiquette remains to set the Japanese apart socially and psychologically and to make success in socializing and doing business with them a special challenge for Westerners.</p>


ZBOOKID: 5640f530-da37-4d31-b3fc-285825559e57
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2011-11-08
ZTITLE: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
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  <p><b>Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 </b></p> <p>The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history. On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. </p> <p><i>Pacific Crucible</i> tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, <i>Pacific Crucible</i> also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a pause-resistant history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject.</p>


ZBOOKID: 675d546a-934c-4916-acf7-88635509044b
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2025-08-12
ZTITLE: The Fort Bragg Cartel
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  <b>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br /> <br />A <i>New Yorker</i> Best Book of 2025<br />A <i>Forbes </i>Best True Crime Book of 2025<br /> <br />“Probably the most gripping, memorable, eye-opening book I’ve read in months.” —David Wallace-Wells, <i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br />“Propulsive.” —<i>The Washington Post</i><br /> <br />“Engrossing. . . . Truly shocking.” —<i>The New Republic</i><br /> <br />“The most mind-blowing piece of investigative journalism I’ve read since <i>Chaos</i>.” —Spike Carter, <i>Air Mail</i><br /> <br /> A groundbreaking investigation into a string of unsolved murders at America’s premier special operations base, and what the crimes reveal about drug trafficking and impunity among elite soldiers in today’s military</b><br /><br />In December 2020, a deer hunter discovered two dead bodies that had been riddled with bullets and dumped in a forested corner of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. One of the dead men, Master Sergeant William “Billy” Lavigne, was a member of Delta Force, the most secretive “black ops” unit in the military. A deeply traumatized veteran of America’s classified assassination program, Lavigne had done more than a dozen deployments in his lengthy career, was addicted to crack cocaine, dealt drugs on base, and had committed a series of violent crimes before he was mysteriously killed. The other victim, Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Dumas, was a quartermaster attached to the Special Forces who used his proximity to clandestine missions to steal guns and traffic drugs into the United States from abroad, and had written a blackmail letter threatening to expose criminality in the special operations task force in Afghanistan.<br /><br />As soon as Seth Harp, an Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter, begins looking into the double murder, he learns that there have been many more unexplained deaths at Fort Bragg recently, other murders connected to drug trafficking in elite units, and dozens of fatal overdoses. Drawing on declassified documents, trial transcripts, police records, and hundreds of interviews, Harp tells a scathing story of narco-trafficking in the Special Forces, drug conspiracies abetted by corrupt police, blatant military cover-ups, American complicity in the Afghan heroin trade, and the pernicious consequences of continuous war.


ZBOOKID: d70f01df-e326-437f-87d4-a288f58015c4
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2015-09-21
ZTITLE: The Conquering Tide
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  <p>The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. </p> <p>This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. </p> <p>Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes - in the air, at sea, and in the jungles - are simply riveting. He also takes the listener into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo, where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts - letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs - that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. </p>


ZBOOKID: 8146ffcb-5075-4ddf-a1d4-15fcf4c1ec09
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-08-10
ZTITLE: Four Thousand Weeks
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  <p><b>AN INSTANT<i> NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><b><br /><br />This program is read by the author.<br /><br />"Burkeman and his irresistible British accent shifted my paradigm a couple centimeters . . . 'The day will never arrive when you have everything under control,' he calmly whispered in my ear, and I think I believed him." - <i>Vulture</i><br /><br />"</b><b>The philosophical tone of his delivery is perfect for [Burkeman's] thoughtful message: We can enjoy life more if we appreciate the present moment, stay in touch with our deeper selves, and nurture our connections with people and the natural world." - <i>AudioFile Magazine</i><br /><br /></b><b>"Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." —Barbara Spindel, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br /></b><br />The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.<br /><br />Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.<br /><br />Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” <i>Four Thousand Weeks </i>introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently. <br /><b>A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux</b></p>


ZBOOKID: 4582e40f-2d89-4830-93d9-6d38a2b16220
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2006-10-03
ZTITLE: Six Frigates
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  Before the ink was dry on the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the young republic. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce from the vicious depredations of the Barbary pirates, or would it drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? How large a navy would suffice? The founders -- particularly Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Adams -- debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. <br /> <br /> In 1794, President Washington signed legislation authorizing the construction of six heavy frigates. The unique combination of power, speed and tactical versatility -- smaller than a battleship and larger than a sloop -- that all navies sent on their most daring missions. It was the first great appropriation of federal money and the first demonstration of the power of the new central government, calling for the creation of entirely new domestic industries, and the extraction of natural resources from the backwoods of Maine to the uninhabited coastal islands of Georgia. <br /> <br /> From the complicated politics of the initial decision, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of <i>Founding Brothers</i> and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian. In the words of Henry Adams, the 1812 encounter between <i>USS Constitution</i> and <i>HMS Guerriere</i> &quot;raised the United States in one half hour to the rank of a first class power in the world.&quot;


ZBOOKID: 79fb6465-e01c-4ff8-93e9-c25c720cfc3b
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2020-09-01
ZTITLE: Twilight of the Gods
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  <p><b>The final volume of the magisterial Pacific War Trilogy from acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, "one of the great storytellers of war" (Evan Thomas). </b></p> <p><i>Twilight of the Gods</i> is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the US Navy won the largest naval battle in history; Douglas MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were vaporized in atomic blasts. </p> <p>Ian W. Toll's narratives of combat in the air, at sea, and on the beaches are as gripping as ever, but he also takes the listener into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo, where the great questions of strategy and diplomacy were decided. Lionel Barber of the <i>Financial Times </i>chose the second volume of the series (<i>The Conquering Tide</i>) as the preemiment book of 2016, calling it military history at its best. Listeners who have been waiting for the conclusion of Toll's masterpiece will be thrilled by this final volume.</p>


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ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2026-03-03
ZTITLE: Streetwise
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  <b>The <i>New York Times </i>bestseller<br /><br />From the long-tenured head of Goldman Sachs, an institution legendary for its culture of success, comes a candid memoir of global leadership in an age of extreme turbulence.<br /><br />"Funny, mainly blunt, unexpectedly vulnerable and rarely apologetic.” —<i>Bloomberg<br /><br /></i>“No one has gotten inside the secret walls of Goldman Sachs and told the story of everything about it, warts and all. Now the man who ran it tells all—and it’s incredible.” —Jim Cramer<br /><br />"Lively and insightful." —<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />When Lloyd Blankfein was attacked as a Wall Street fat cat, he had to smile, thinking of his precarious childhood in the notorious public housing projects of East New York, Brooklyn, and attending a high school so chaotic he didn’t feel safe leaving class to go to the bathroom in his time there. Harvard University was a total moonshot, and his outsider status never wore off, there or at Harvard Law. When he struck people as street-y, it wasn’t Wall Street they were thinking of. But if the chip never quite left Blankfein's shoulder, neither did a wry, resilient spirit and a lucid, democratic intelligence that saw through airs and found talent and ideas in unlikely places.<br /><br /><i>Streetwise</i> is a delightfully honest, sharp and often very funny reckoning with the author’s education—in finance, human nature, and the workings of the world. It abounds with lessons about leading teams of brilliant, aggressive, competitive people and harmonizing them around shared goals; changing when times are hard and when they’re good; managing risk; and knowing a crisis is at hand before it swamps you so you can guide your team to the further shore. Blankfein is famed for his calm hand on Goldman Sachs’s tiller during the global financial crisis, and that story is told in full here, among many other decisive episodes.<br /><br />Suffusing <i>Streetwise</i> is the author’s deep and abiding respect for the partnership culture of Goldman Sachs. We follow the never-ending work to protect and preserve that culture through all sorts of tumult—the challenge behind every other challenge. He is open about when he and the firm got it wrong, which was often enough, but the creative, risk-taking spirit was never snuffed—even as the fail-safes put in place to protect the firm and its clients held when they were needed the most. A powerful blueprint for the wise stewardship of a cause that is larger than yourself, <i>Streetwise</i> will inspire and inform readers throughout the global business community and beyond.


ZBOOKID: 5834d9bc-48b1-42e9-9ba8-ec26e9935e40
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2020-06-25
ZTITLE: Skincare
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  <strong>Winner of the Non-Fiction Lifestyle Book of the Year 2021 (British Book Awards)</strong> <strong>As seen on <em>This Morning</em> </strong> <p> <strong>Straight-talking advice from the Skincare Queen</strong> </p> <p> <strong> <em>The Sunday Times</em> Overall #1 bestseller for the w/e 27th June 2020</strong> </p> <p> <strong>TO BE SOLD IN 7 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES!</strong> </p> <p>Caroline Hirons is the authority in skincare – and for the first time, she’s sharing her knowledge with the world. With over 100 million views of her blog and over 13 million views of her YouTube videos, she cuts out the jargon, tells you what you do and don’t need, and is finally going to get the nation off face wipes for good!</p> <p> <strong>Skincare</strong> is the go-to book for people of all ages and skin types who want to feel and look fantastic. It explains the facts, the myths and the best way to get good skin – on any budget. With everything from Caroline’s signature cheat sheets, simple tips and tricks to glow (inside and out!) understanding ingredients lists, and advice on how to choose the products that are right for you, this is the ultimate guide to healthier, brighter skin.</p>


ZBOOKID: b86ab813-65a0-494c-814f-bdf8047ff6fa
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2021-06-21
ZTITLE: Only the Paranoid Survive
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  <p>Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the listener deep inside the workings of a major company in <i>Only the Paranoid Survive</i>.</p> <p>Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel became the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In <i>Only the Paranoid Survive</i>, Grove reveals his strategy for measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads - when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside - in a new way.</p> <p>Grove calls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set off by almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or a seemingly modest change in technology. When a Strategic Inflection Point hits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managed right, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in the marketplace and emerge stronger than ever.</p> <p>Grove underscores his message by examining his own record of success and failure, including how he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatened Intel's reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions in growth of the internet. The work of a lifetime, <i>Only the Paranoid Survive</i> is a classic of managerial and leadership skills.</p>


ZBOOKID: 64212eef-b292-4a1f-9db3-add66000db05
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2019-04-16
ZTITLE: Shattered Sword
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  <p>Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's best-selling <i>Miracle at Midway</i>, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, <i>Shattered Sword</i> makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida's <i>Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan</i>, an uncritical reliance upon which has tainted every previous Western account. It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle.</p> <p>Parshall and Tully examine the battle in detail and effortlessly place it within the context of the Imperial Navy's doctrine and technology. With a foreword by leading World War II naval historian John Lundstrom, <i>Shattered Sword</i> is an indispensable part of any military buff's library.</p> <p><i>Shattered Sword</i> is the winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" and was cited by <i>Proceedings</i> as one of its "Notable Naval Books" for 2005.</p>


ZBOOKID: f88b8fc9-ae7c-412a-81b1-97fa5551ac54
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2014-05-13
ZTITLE: Julius Caesar: The Arkangel Shakespeare
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  <p>At the heart of this tragic history is one of Shakespeare's most noble characters, the statesman Brutus, who is caught in a devastating conflict between private affection and public duty. </p> <p>Julius Caesar has become the most powerful man in the Rome. Does his power now threaten the very existence of the Republic itself? A conspiracy is hatched, one that will have fatal consequences not only for Caesar and the conspirators but for the future history of the ancient world. </p> <p>Brutus is played by John Bowe and Mark Antony by Adrian Lester. Michael Feast is Caesar.</p>


ZBOOKID: c81d2964-cb9c-4ab0-92bc-2142093f3e83
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2022-03-23
ZTITLE: Julius Caesar
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  <p>The epic tale of Julius Caesar’s rule over Rome. Brutus and Cassius, friends and supporters of Julius Caesar, brood and worry over his increasing ambitions. Caesar’s pursuit of power leads the two men to worry that Caesar will crown himself Emperor, which would ruin Rome’s Republic of the people. Behind closed doors, Cassius and Brutus begin to concoct a scheme that will irrevocably alter the fate of the Roman empire.</p>


ZBOOKID: a502c4d9-6f7e-41d6-a1f2-f5836ca1c3e6
ZPUBLISHEDYEAR: 2024-06-06
ZTITLE: Hardcore Software
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  <p>This book takes you on a journey from the early days of PCs, through the evolution of technology, to the assembly of teams that built the bedrock of today's digital world. Sinofsky shares firsthand experiences, revealing the challenges and triumphs encountered while navigating Microsoft's corporate dynamics, and how external forces like the press and partnerships influenced the trajectory of personal computing.</p> <p>Hardcore Software is more than a recounting of tech history; it's narrative rich with lessons on innovation, leadership, and navigating the ups and downs inherent in the tech industry. Sinofsky provides a window into the successes and failures that defined an era, offering insights valuable to anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes of technology development, business strategy, or leadership.</p> <p>In a tone that's engaging yet informative, Sinofsky makes the complex world of software development accessible, highlighting the human elements behind the code. This book demystifies the process of building massive software projects, offering a nuanced perspective on the growth of an industry that has reshaped society.</p>


